Belt-guide.



No. 697,354. Patented-Apr. 8, |902.

C. 'MGKEENQ W. BAYES & W. HYEH.

B E L T G U ID E (Application led Aug. 14. 1 901.)

(Hw Model.)

UNITED 'STATES PATENT. QFFICE.

CHARLES MCKEEN, W'ILLIAM BAYES, AND' VlLLlAM HEYER, OF VINSIDE,

- NEBRASKA.

BELT-GUIDE.

SPECIFIOATIGN formingpart of Letters Patent No. 697,354, dated April 8, 1902.

Application sied August 14,1901. serial No. 71.982. (No model To LZZ whom t may concern:

Beit known that we, CHARLES Molini-3N, WILLIAM BAYEs, and WILLIAM HEYER, citizens of the United States, and residents of Winside, in the county of Wayne and State ofv Nebraska, have invented a new and lmproved Belt-Guide, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

Our invention relates to belt-guides-that is, to -instruments used for preventingbelts from being misplaced and saving them from undue wear and tear.

Our invention relates more particularly to a belt-guide Inade of separable members hinged togeth-er for the'purpose of applying the guide to a belt while in action or removing the same therefrom.

Our invention notonly prevents the belts lfrom being misplaced by sudden gusts of wind either vertical or horizontal, but likewise prevents undue wear of the edges of the belt and preventsv stretching and turning of thebelt. v p y Our invention protects both of the dat sides of the belt and both edges thereof and 'prevents abrasion of the belt incase the same may become accidentally twisted or misshapen from any cause whatever.

The invention consists of novel features and parts and combinations of the same, as will be fully described hereinafter and then pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specilication, in which similarcharacters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both the views.

Figure l is-a perspective view of our device, and Fig. 2 is an elevation showing certain parts in section.

The frame of our device consists of abaseplate 1, which is provided with stake-holes 2, which are engaged by stakes 3. Secured upon the base-plate lare the braces 4, which engage fiat boards 5 5 and hold the same rigidly in position at all times. The ilat boardsy 6 6 are connected rigidly together by the piece 8, so as to form a U-shapedmember which lits upon the boards 5 5. It will lthus be seen that as the members 5 5, mounted upon the frame 1, are connected by the beam 7 they constitute one U-shaped member, while the -tain the clasp 1S in position.

parts 6 6, connected Aby the board 8, constitute another U -shaped member. These members are connected by means of a hinge 17, (shown in Fig. 2,) so that the upper U -shaped member can be thrown Y over to the right. 'lhenails or pegs 9 are for the purpose of steadying the frame by means of guy-ropes 10,which are connected with stakes l1, driven in the ground. At 12 12 and 13 13 are shown vertical idle rollers, which are mounted in the angular clips 20. The idle rollers 14 15 16 lie directly across the structure, as shown in Fig. 2, the upper and lower rollers being mounted in suitable bearings formed in plates 23 23. The middle roller 16 is mounted in semicylindrical bearings in the respective tops and .bottoms of the U-shaped members and at the line of separation between the same, so

that by throwing the upper U-shaped member over to the right the roller 16 is disengaged and can be taken out. Upon the side of the frame opposite the hinge 17 there is a clasp 18, secured in a staple 24 in the lefthand member 5, so arranged as to engage the staple 25 in the member 6. A hook 19, secured to a staple 27 in the member 6, is capable of engaging the staple 25, so as to re- The roller 16 is mounted upon trunnions 22, and being removable may be used or not, as desired. When this roller is in place,- the rectangular space inside the several other rollers is divided into two parts which can be used independently for engaging a belt, and,if desired, one belt can be run within the upper part,

while another belt can be run within the lower part.

belt can be placed between the rollers 14 15,

so as to have free vertical playbetween these two rollers. If, however, the belt is in action, the upper member of the frame is tilted over by means of the hinge 17, the belt is carefully engaged, the roller 16 being placed in position or omitted, as desired, and the IOO clasp 18 being locked in position by the hook 19, and the frame is set upon the ground. The stakes 3 are now driven in position and the guy-ropes 10 are secured to the nails or pegs 9 and to the stakes 11. To remove the device from a belt in action, all that is necessary to do is ro disengage the hook 19, unlock the clasp 18, tilt over the upper hinged member, and remove the structure from the belt.

Having thus fully described our invention, we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. A belt-guide, comprising a frame provided with a belt-receiving aperture and separable into two members iiexibly connected together, each of said members being provided with rollers disposed at different angles relatively to each other, for the purpose of engaging independent surfaces of the belt.

2. AVbelt-guide, comprising a frame made of substantially U-shaped members hinged together, a clasp for rigidly securing said members in the general shape 0E a rectangle, and an idle roller disposed directly across said rectangle so as toseparate the same into compartments.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES MCKEEN. WILLIAM BAYES. WILLIAM I-IEYER. Witnesses:

E. W. CULLEN, BENJ. MCKEEN. 

